Saboba story

[Ros’ Haruo]

Maybe it's an avatar of Quetzalcoatl, who, because he passed through
their country from the North en route to his meeting with Cortez, was
taken by the Saboba as a Northwestern Indian. (Sorry, I'm just
starting my fifth consecutive 60-hour work week and I'm not thinking
too clearly.)

lilEnd

On 3/13/06, David Robertson <ddr11 at columbia.edu> wrote:
> George Wharton James presents a story from the Saboba people of southern
> California at http://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/ca/som/som00.htm.
>
> (Thanks to Roy Mitchell for mentioning Sacred Texts to me.)
>
> The Saboba story talks about a "god" or myth person named Siwash.  GW James
> says this is probably the same as the CJ Siwash.
>
> I doubt it!  Probably a coincidental spelling.  We have no knowledge of
> Jargon being used in southern CA.
>
> --Dave R
>
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